# Marketing a fast food item **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2018, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marketing-a-fast-food-item/807267 "2018-01-23T02:15:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marketing-a-fast-food-item/807267/21 "2018-01-23T23:42:53Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Is it putting bacon on a cheeseburger? Because that may have already been done. Mustard, actually. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marketing-a-fast-food-item/807267/22 "2018-01-25T15:09:54Z")
Thank you everyone for your replies. I sent the SD link to my friend, and he says thank you also. I believe he will just continue making this item for friends and family. You folks are the greatest! ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marketing-a-fast-food-item/807267/23 "2018-01-26T21:45:26Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > Thank you everyone for your replies. > > I sent the SD link to my friend, and he says thank you also. > > I believe he will just continue making this item for friends and family. > > You folks are the greatest! Okay, now that we are not going to be cramping your friend’s commercial prospects, and you’ve acknowledged just how good we all think we are,ou’re pretty much obliged to tell us exactly what they were proposing. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marketing-a-fast-food-item/807267/24 "2018-01-27T00:06:08Z")
> [@Banksiaman](#): > > Okay, now that we are not going to be cramping your friend’s commercial prospects, and you’ve acknowledged just how good we all think we are,ou’re pretty much obliged to tell us exactly what they were proposing. I asked him if he would share the recipe. He said okay, but wanted to “perfect” it. I told him not to drag it out, cuz you folks were hungry. Stay tuned. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marketing-a-fast-food-item/807267/25 "2018-01-27T00:19:00Z")
Try it out in a food truck at festivals. You will know real quick if it’s a good idea. Oh, sorry, I see post #18 says the same thing. Good luck to your friend. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marketing-a-fast-food-item/807267/26 "2018-01-27T14:12:19Z")
Remember, Ray Kroc didn’t start out to create McDonalds, he was just trying to sell more of his milkshake machines. Don’t patent and sell the food, patent and sell the device to make the food. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marketing-a-fast-food-item/807267.md?page=1)